The Westboro Baptist Church from Topeka, Kansas is back in the news. And they’ve struck a blow against what as patriotic Americans, we hold sacred. Those literally insane individuals think it’s “God’s will” for them to protest, & hold signs saying things like “Thank God for Dead Soldiers, Thank God for IED’s, and Thank God for 911” at the funerals of our dead American heroes. And now, have you seen what’s happened this week? Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder God rest his soul, and comfort his family, contributed to our country the ultimate sacrifice, and these fanatics, as they’ve so frequently done, protested at his funeral. Matthew’s daddy, Albert Snyder, sued those protesters, and their alleged church, and in that action, he won a multimillion dollar judgement for privacy invasion, intentional infliction of emotional distress and civil conspiracy. This week, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals not only overturned that lower court judgement, they ordered that grieving father of one of our nation’s finest to pay these protesters nearly $1,700 in costs they absorbed defending the suit. What on Earth were those educated people of law thinking? Where does our Constitution not protect the dignity of a memorial service laying a fallen American military hero to rest? I’m not sure what’s gonna happen in all this. No doubt many good Americans will send the money so Albert won’t have to pay. No doubt the Westboro Church will use the money the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has given them from Lance Cpl Snyder’s father to fund more of their sick, un-American, totally misguided protests. It’s a brazen and totally unpatriotic slap in the face to not only the grieving Snyder family, but to every dedicated patriot that loves what the United States was founded on, and what is it was for many generations dedicated to defending. For the time being these Westboro lunatics will exercise their right of free speech to protest the actions of the very men & women pledged and dedicated to protect that right. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on this, but how can we expect any form of sanity to prevail in the insanity our nation seems to have quickly become? I won’t even hesitate a guess on what might ultimately happen in all this unpatriotic insanity. But I will ask a favor of another group of heroes that might be listening. I’ll be bold enough to ask a favor of some of the most dedicated, and right-mined patriots I’ve ever met, the family of bikers called The Patriot Guard. These focused, brave and right-minded souls that have many times gallantly stood between the protesters, and our grieving military families, blocking each’s view from the other. The work you folks do is so very much appreciated by patriots from coast to coast. As this all unfolds, and you’ll have to dig deeper than you ever have to do this, don’t hurt any of these people. Don’t make a martyr out of a lunatic. Restrain yourselves from doing what will seem like a good, right & forgivable thing to do. Don’t hurt any of them. Instead just pity them, and pray that soon, somehow, sanity returns to this great nation.